Version 0 of Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Updated 2008-06-03 15:41:12 by lars_h

The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is a standard that describes the organisation of files and directories on UNIX-like operating systems. Its home is: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

If you've ever wondered about why there are /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin etc., then this is the place to look.


Notable points of Tcl/Tk interest in this standard are:

  • tclsh, wish, and expect must be in /usr/bin (or must in /usr/bin have a link so named to the actual executable), if installed.